WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM - BUILDING STEM CAREER READINESS IN K-12 STUDENTS

美国在STEM竞争力方面落后于几个国家，这些国家的K-12学生 与其他国家相比，STEM的科学和数学水平较低，获得学士学位的人数也较少 比如中国和韩国。美国经济的维持在很大程度上依赖于创新 和技术。以及我们的卫生系统依赖于科学家和 医生。因此，STEM和健康对我们国家的福祉至关重要。提高教育质量 和所有学生的STEM体验，但也就是代表不足的少数族裔(URM) 对我们的经济和医疗保健至关重要，因为我们的国家预计将成为占多数的少数民族 国家。我们正在提议一项计划，为低收入的URM高中生做好准备 在STEM和卫生领域的职业。华盛顿大学科学伙伴计划将 将被安置在圣路易斯华盛顿大学的麦克唐纳基因组研究所，并将 与詹宁斯学区合作，这是圣路易斯的一个以非裔美国人为主的学区 县里。在这个项目中，我们提出了两个目标，以解决改进的迫切需要 针对URM的STEM教育。在目标1中，我们建议培养这些学生的技能 通过真实的STEM体验，在课堂上和通过 研究实习。科学与健康正在走向个性化医疗时代 这在一定程度上是由于人类基因组的解码和由此产生的发现。然而， 基因组学和生物信息学方面的熟练人才供不应求， 在URM组中尤其缺乏。因此，这个目标将寻求满足科学和技术方面的直接需求 让学生为未来相对有利可图的工作做好准备。在目标2中，我们将举办研讨会， 将重点放在STEM的大学和就业准备上，将引导学生完成 申请大学，并向他们介绍STEM多种多样的职业选择。在……里面 我们建议的计划将增加URM的数量，即非洲- 在STEM领域进入大学并留在STEM并获得职业生涯的美国人 在这些领域。我们的计划直接针对STEM教育的国家优先事项：提供 为K-12学生提供真实的研究体验，让未被充分代表的学生参与STEM 和加强STEM劳动力。

The U.S. has fallen behind several countries in STEM competiveness, where K-12 students are less proficient in science and math and earn fewer bachelor degrees in STEM than countries such as China and Korea. The maintenance of the U.S. economy relies heavily on innovation and technology. As well as our health systems rely on the discoveries of scientists and physicians. Thus STEM and health are critical to our nations welfare. Improving the education and STEM experiences for all students, but namely underrepresented minorities (URM) is also critical to our economy and healthcare as our country is projected to become a majority minority nation. We are proposing a program that will prepare low-income, URM high school students for careers in STEM and health. The Washington University Science Partnership Program will be housed at the McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University in St. Louis and will partner with the Jennings School District, a largely African-American school district in St. Louis County. In this project we have proposed two aims to address the critical need for improved STEM education for URM. In Aim 1, we proposed to develop skills in these students in genomics and bioinformatics through authentic STEM experiences, both in class and through research internships. Science and health are approaching the era of personalized medicine due in part to the decoding of the human genome and the discoveries made as a result. However skilled persons in genomics and bioinformatics are in short supply compared to the demand and are especially lacking in URM groups. So this aim will seek to fulfill a direct need in science and prepare students for future, relatively lucrative jobs. In Aim 2 we will conduct workshops that focus on college and job readiness in STEM that will walk students through the process of applying to college as well as introduce them to the wide variety of career options in STEM. In total our proposed program is poised to increase the number of URM, namely African- Americans who enter college in STEM fields and who are retained in STEM and obtain careers in these fields. Our program directly addresses national priorities in STEM education: providing authentic research experiences to K-12 students, engaging underrepresented students in STEM and enhancing the STEM workforce.